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The teacher greeted theclass before she starteddiscussing and
had a littleconversation with herstudents as an introduction.
The teacher discussed herlessons.
Maam Conceptionbelieves that teachersshould not approach
thestudents in a strict orauthoritative way becausethese may be the
root of hesitancy for them. Shetreated her students likeher own
children. She alsosaid in the interviewconducted that
teachersshould also approach eachstudent as much aspossible to form
bettercamaraderie.
Children can do more withthe help and guidance of an adult or
other personmore experienced personthan they can do bythemselves.
Self-study isnot effective for young
students. They tend tolearn by spoon-feeding.What the teacher
says iswhat they will inculcate intheir minds.
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Sta. Elena Elementary SchoolSta. Elena, Hagonoy, Bulacan
APPLICATION OF THEORY IN THE SCHOOL SETTING
Synthesis:
Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive DevelopmentBased on our
observation, this theory really works, for the reason that,
proposed so
as to children learns through interactions with their
surrounding culture.
According to Vygotsky's theory, children can do more with the
help and guidance of
an adult or other person and or more experienced person than
they can do by themselves.The Zone of Proximal Development defines
skills and abilities that are in the process of developing. The ZPD
is the range of tasks that one cannot yet perform independently,
but can accomplish with the help of a more competent
individual.
Obstructions: in this case, grade three students observed are
easily destructedwhich diverts their attention in listening to
their teacher. So the teacher must do somethingto re-divert his
students back to the lesson. In this condition, as a teacher and
considered asa competitive individual that will guide the children,
he/she will conduct an activity tocatch the attention of the
students.
According to Vygotsky as time goes by, the adult will
continually adjust the amount of support they give in response to
the child's level of performance. For example, as thechild becomes
more confident in her balance, her mother can go from holding both
hands,to eventually holding one hand, and eventually she can stop
holding her hand. The childwill soon be able to walk unassisted.
Therefore, scaffolding instills the skills necessary forindependent
problem solving in the future.
Ms. Conception Reyes said that assistance is the experimentation
period of the adult in guiding a child. And as soon as the child
can be able to walk unassisted the level of difficulties will
enter. Like how will the child manage to stand up on his own in
different obstacles.
Cognitive development is not only for adult-child or
teacher-learner approachbecause peers do also affect in their
learning development, like in developing their self confidence.
Maam Conception Reyes made a concept of LEARNING BARKADA
becausegroup discussions enhance individuals interests and it does
have great retentionpercentage.
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